#AD9437#AD9437

#AD9437 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.115 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9437
RGB	rgb(173, 148, 55)
HSL	hsl(47, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 68.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.95, -1.26, 50.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.95, 50.75, 91.43°)
OKLab	oklab(67.16% -0.0078 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(67.16% 0.115 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.5145, 30.3414, 7.9682)
Luminance	0.3034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9437 #3750AD

analogous

#AD5937 #AD9437 #8BAD37

triadic

#AD9437 #37AD94 #9437AD

tetradic

#AD9437 #37AD59 #3750AD #AD378B

square

#AD9437 #37AD59 #3750AD #AD378B

split-complementary

#AD9437 #378BAD #5937AD

monochromatic

#504519 #7F6C28 #AD9437 #CAB257 #D8C786

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#AD9437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#AD9437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9437

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9437	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3912B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA993C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 148, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.115 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b373',
    500: '#ad9437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9437;
$custom-light: #c9b373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.288,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67159,
    "c": 0.11461,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9437

secondary

#7D8CC2

accent

#6BDB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F5ED

border

#D2CFC8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9437

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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